Maintaining Meat Supply with Domestic-Scale Self-Sufficiency

At national scale calculations, beef production is said to have not been able to meet domestic demand, while in fact there are 18 regions that have an oversupply of meat. Some of them even strictly prohibit imports.

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A Beef trader at Pasir Gintung Market, Bandar Lampung City, are sorting meat purchased by buyers at their stalls, Tuesday (5/7/2022)..

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Nanang Purus Subendro, chairman of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Cattle and Buffalo Breeders Association, said one of the import bans was enforced in Lampung. "In Lampung, there is a regulation that prohibits the import of Indian buffalo meat," he said on Tuesday (14/3/2023). This regulation is stipulated in the Governor’s Circular No 524/2016.

Nanang said the central government allows local administrations to refuse imported beef to protect local breeders. "Incidentally, in Lampung there has been oversupply," he said.